ENH: draft of functions for parameter tools

src/caosadvancedtools/parameter_tools/parameter_tools.py

+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Tools for storing parameters in python scripts into CaosDB
+# A. Schlemmer, 02/2022
+
+import caosdb as db
+from caosdb.apiutils import (convert_to_entity, convert_to_python_object)
+
+def register_parameterset(name):
+    """
+    Download the RecordType for a parameter set. This can be e.g. the RecordType for a
+    Simulation or a DataAnalysis.
+
+    Create a new CaosDB record and return its object structure for use in python programs.
+
+    This function makes use of the pythonic object structure for CaosDB Records as defined
+    in pylib apiutils.
+    """
+
+    res = db.execute_query("FIND RecordType {}".format(name), unique=True)
+    res.resolve_references(deep=True)
+    return convert_to_python_object(res)
+